Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

The half-moon outside the window is sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and the breeze cannot blow away the scent of incense in the Buddhist temple.

The princess was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "I can't tell you now, but don't worry, I just want to ask you for someone."

The eldest princess' words made Chu Shitong suspicious again.

She wants someone?

All the faces he had seen flashed through his mind, but Chu Shitong couldn't find any suitable person.

When the eldest princess was young, she was stunningly beautiful and had a famously lively personality. It was only after she got married that her temperament gradually calmed down. After the death of her husband, the eldest princess devoted herself to worshiping Buddha and gods and never interfered in any affairs of the court. The man who could make her ask for him under such conditions must not be a simple person.

Chu Shitong said: "Since Auntie said it directly, I will also tell you frankly, as long as this person does not hinder me and Beiqing Country in any way, you can take him away if you want."

What this means is a disguised admission.

The princess looked out the window, her expression distracted as if she was recalling some long-forgotten past. She sighed and said, "It might have delayed me in the past, but it won't happen now."

Chu Shitong didn't believe what the princess said, but she didn't mind agreeing it first.

The worst that can happen is that after the matter is accomplished, I cannot give the princess what she wants, and I cannot solve the problem. Then I will just solve the problem of the person who raised the problem.

"Then let's make it like this." The princess came back to her senses and warned him: "Xiao Qi, you are different from any other prince. It is extremely difficult for you to fight for the throne. This road is very dangerous. As long as you take the first step, there is no turning back. If you want to give up halfway, I'm afraid your brothers will not agree to it."

"Don't worry, aunt. I know it clearly."

"It's good that I understand." The princess glanced at the door and said, "Don't tell Afan about this for now. I will tell him later."

Chu Shitong asked, "So, how did you know that my mother and I were not getting along?"

This is what Chu Shitong has always cared about.

The eldest princess smiled slightly, and her thin face looked particularly gentle when she smiled.

"Not all the people in the palace are my brother's people. Xiao Qi, my brother didn't know about this for so many years. Why do you think he didn't know?"

Chu Shitong appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually in turmoil.

Being able to control the information network in the palace does not only mean that he has influence throughout the palace. Although there are many people in the palace and they have many different opinions, it is an ironclad fact that Chu Shiyu has a lot of shadow guards from the Shadow Pavilion in his hands. If he really wants to find out something, no one can stop him.

There are only two possibilities for how the princess could have kept this news secret from the Shadow Pavilion's shadow guards for so many years.

First, she pretended to be at peace with herself by worshipping Buddha, but in fact she had already laid a dragnet-like intelligence network in the palace.

Second, the shadow guards of the Shadow Pavilion are not clean, that is, the shadow guards around the emperor include people under the control of the eldest princess.

Although it sounds ridiculous, because the Shadow Guard only recognizes one master in his life, but nothing is absolute. If the rule of the Shadow Guard itself cannot be changed, then there can only be more powerful rules on top of it.

Chu Shitong didn't say anything on the surface, but he had already decided to investigate the matter.

The alliance with the eldest princess was thus finalized.

Chu Shifan was still confused until the two of them left the Buddhist temple.

"Xiao Qi, what did you say to your mother? Why did she agree?"

Chu Shifan kept asking curiously, but Chu Shitong just smiled and answered perfunctorily.

"Nothing, just saying that you don't like copying Buddhist scriptures."

"Ah?" Chu Shifan was stunned. "Why did my mother disagree when I told her this? She even said something like if I copied a few more volumes, I would like it."

"You'd better keep your voice down."

It was late at night and there was no one on the road.

Chu Shifan immediately lowered his voice and moved closer to Chu Shitong, and they returned to Cangfeng Pavilion together.

Bishui had already cleaned up the house and was waiting for Chu Shitong to come back.

"Your Highness, the room has been cleaned up."

Bishui was a little surprised to see Chu Shifan.

Chu Shitong said, "Tell someone to clean up the side room. My cousin will be staying with me for the next few days."

Bishui immediately went to find someone according to Chu Shitong's instructions.

As a courtesy, even though Chu Shitong was a little tired, he still had to wait until the side room was cleaned up and Chu Shifan had a place to sleep before he could go back to his room to rest.

The two sat at the stone table, the moonlight was sparse and dim.

There were not many servants in Chu Shitong's place to begin with, and Bishui took people to clean up the house, so there was no one left in the yard.

Chu Shitong sat with his eyes closed, concentrating, while Chu Shifan paced back and forth restlessly, making noises all the time.

"Cousin, can't you sit down and rest for a while?" Chu Shitong really couldn't stand it anymore.

Chu Shifan: "I see that you are sleepy, and I am embarrassed to ask you to stay here with me all the time, why don't you go back to your room and sleep first?"

"No need, I'm not that sleepy yet."

Chu Shifan knew Chu Shitong's personality, so he didn't say much. But suddenly an idea occurred to him, and he said, "Well, why bother? Can't we both sleep in your room? Anyway, the beds in Qingliang Villa are quite big, so they are definitely big enough for us to sleep together."

Chu Shitong, who had not opened his eyes for a long time, opened his eyes instantly after hearing this and looked at him with an indescribable expression of disgust.

"Cousin, if you take back what you said now, we can still play together."

"why?"

Chu Shifan explained seriously: "Believe me, the bed is so big, it must be big enough for both of us! I rolled around on it last year and it was no problem!"

Chu Shitong was embarrassed, "It's not the size of the bed, it's just that I'm not used to such close contact with others."

After hearing this, Chu Shifan came back to his senses with some embarrassment, but he still felt a little unconvinced.

"Xiao Qi, why are you doing this to me? His Highness the Crown Prince is so close to you, and you don't say anything. Why do you distance yourself from me just because I sleep with you? Are we still good brothers?"

Chu Shitong finally couldn't hold it anymore at this moment, "When did His Royal Highness get close to me?"

Chu Shifan said angrily, "I saw it all, and you still want to deny it? Last night at the restaurant, when I went out for supper, I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the door of your room!"

Chu Shitong: “…”

She seemed to have become mute in an instant.

"Although I only took a quick look, I saw your figure at the door, and the light in the room was shining through! You were secretly playing with Prince Si in the middle of the night without me!"

Chu Shifan became angrier and angrier as he spoke. "I am obviously your best brother, why do you despise sleeping with me? Was the wound on your neck caused by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Today in the carriage, I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince staring at the wound on your neck many times, his eyes almost grew on you! It must have been caused when you were playing with him yesterday! Are you still trying to hide it from me and deceive me?"

Chu Shitong, who was usually calm, had unconsciously opened his eyes wide.

She had never felt like this before.

I felt angry and amused at the same time. I was glad at how ridiculous it was but also felt speechless.

Chu Shifan connected what he saw into something that had never happened, and he was so confident that what he thought must be true.

Fortunately, he has a simple mind, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

However, his words also let Chu Shitong know that when he stopped in front of the door last night, Si Jingli was on the other side of the door and saw everything clearly.

Thinking of this, Chu Shitong felt inexplicably suffocated, and he didn't know what Si Jingli felt last night.

When Chu Shifan saw that Chu Shitong stopped talking, his expression suddenly became a little out of control.

"Why don't you say anything? Do you agree to this? You and I are cousins! You are closer to Prince Si than I am! Do you still have any intention?"

Chu Shitong said helplessly: "That's not what I meant. Cousin, you misunderstood. I didn't see Prince Si last night. The wound on my neck was left a few days ago."

She lifted a strand of hair from her ear and said, "If you don't believe me, look for yourself. If the wound was left last night, how could it heal so quickly?"

Chu Shifan took a closer look with some doubt, then believed it reluctantly.

"Although the healing of wounds cannot be faked, you just prefer to play with Prince Si, right?"

Chu Shitong: "I didn't mean that. My cousin has been with me for so many years and he doesn't know me?"

Chu Shifan suddenly laughed and said, "Of course I know you, but to be honest, you treat Prince Si differently from others."

"What's the difference?"

"I can't really explain it, it's probably..." Chu Shifan thought seriously for a long time and said, "I can't think of how to put it, but it's just different."

Chu Shitong rubbed her eyebrows. She was already feeling a little annoyed.

Even if Chu Shifan was given a chance, he still couldn't explain it.

"Okay cousin, stop talking."

Bishui came over at this time, "Your Highness, the side room has been cleaned up."

Chu Shitong just said: "Then cousin, go to bed early and stop talking nonsense."

Chu Shifan also admitted that he was not interested and said, "Okay."

The first night at Qingliang Villa was spent peacefully.

......

the next day.

When I first arrived at Qingliang Villa, I held a banquet in the music hall on the first night, which could be considered a family banquet.

It was no different from an ordinary banquet, because Qingliang Villa was so big, so after the first day everyone lived their own life and no one cared about anyone else.

Chu Shitong came back from the music hall early today. Chu Shifan didn't come back because he had a great time at the banquet.

Chu Shitong was different. Chu Shixuan sat next to her and kept asking questions, which made Chu Shitong very annoyed. Si Jingli kept looking at her as if hesitant to say something. The burning feeling of having a wolf in front and a tiger behind made Chu Shitong run away in the evening, saying that she was not feeling well.

Besides, she also wanted to find a place where no one was around and ask Rushuang about the Shadow Pavilion.

The backyard of Cangfeng Pavilion is the best place.

The backyard faces north and is not very big. There is a side door that cannot be locked, but fortunately it does not attract attention and the place is spacious and cool.

Chu Shitong asked someone to set up a rocking chair, and she lay on it to enjoy the cool air in the middle of the night. She deliberately sent Bishui and others away in order to call Rushuang out to ask her later.

The night breeze was cool. Chu Shitong lay there, fanning himself with a fan. His mind could not help but recall what happened in his past life. He was so lost in the memories that he could not tell the truth from falsehood.

At this time in his previous life, Chu Shifeng was in high spirits.

The eldest princess' attitude towards her was not like that, but she had walked all the way to the end in her previous life, and Chu Shitong didn't know who the eldest princess was looking for.

However, as long as he could get the protection of the eldest princess, his power in the court would at least be stabilized. The eldest princess was enough to make up for the power of Yun Xiangrong's maternal family, so there was no need for him to submit to Yun Xiangrong.

Chu Shitong had been thinking about the best way to control Yun Xiangrong. As she was thinking, she suddenly remembered something.

A forbidden item from Beiqing that was passed down from the Western Regions and was expressly prohibited by Chu Shiyu at the time.

Hemp tobacco leaves.

It is said that a kind of poppy flower juice is put into ordinary tobacco leaves. Smoking it makes people feel happy physically and mentally and is very addictive. But later people gradually discovered that the thing would make people very crazy. Not only would the body be damaged, but the spirit would also be poisoned. People from the Western Regions also made a lot of money in the Central Plains by using this kind of hemp tobacco leaves. Later, many officials in the court had contact with it, and some even presented it to Chu Shiyu.

Chu Shiyu was furious and used thunder-like means to strictly prohibit the spread of hemp tobacco in Beiqing.

According to the time node, that thing was passed in about four or five years later, which was when I was eighteen or nineteen years old.

If we could find it earlier, it would not be a problem to use that thing to control Yun Xiangrong.

Perhaps because he had been struggling in his memories for too long, Chu Shitong fell asleep unconsciously.

Memories are like a passing tour, but also like a deep ocean that drowns people and makes it impossible to escape.

The flowers fall silently.

A figure walked in from the side door.

Rushuang on the tree immediately became alert, staring at the man with her cold eyes like an eagle. When he finally walked out from the moonlight, Rushuang saw clearly that it was Si Jingli.

He must have seen Chu Shitong fall asleep, so he unconsciously slowed down his steps on the road.

Rushuang was wondering whether she should wake up Chu Shitong, but she didn't want to talk, so she broke off a branch and threw it towards Chu Shitong's shoulder.

Chu Shitong seemed to be sleeping very soundly. Even when his shoulder was hit hard by a branch, he just frowned and did not wake up.

Si Jingli didn't notice any small movements and walked forward carefully.

Rushuang sat cross-legged on the tree and watched. If Si Jingli tried to attack Chu Shitong, she would immediately go down and hold Si Jingli down.

But...what happened on that night when Si Jingli took the Chinese medicine, others didn't know, but Rushuang heard some of it.

I saw Si Jingli squatting beside Chu Shitong, staring at her for a long time.

It took so long that Rushuang's eyes became a little sore from staring, and then Si Jingli raised his hand.

Rushuang shuddered and tried to get up, but Si Jingli just raised his hand and gently smoothed Chu Shitong's frowning brows in his sleep.

Ru Shuang stopped moving.

Si Jingli stared at Chu Shitong for a long time, while Rushang peeped at him secretly with her chin propped up and a cold face.

I thought nothing happened and Si Jingli would just look for a while and then leave.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Si Jingli suddenly stood up, bent down and kissed Chu Shitong lightly.

Rushuang's arms trembled and her chin almost dropped.

She seemed to suddenly understand something.

After Si Jingli kissed Chu Shitong, his face turned red like a thief who had done something bad. He turned around and ran away, leaving Rushang with a hideous face on the tree.

Because Chu Shitong still hasn't woken up.

Rushuang: “…”